At 88, Former AIG Boss Is Building a New Empire

'Hank' Greenberg Is Quietly Building a Fast-Growing Insurance Conglomerate

By

Leslie Scism

July 5, 2013 11:06 p.m. ET

Lately, Maurice "Hank" Greenberg, former chief executive of American International Group Inc., has been traveling the world, with stops in Shanghai, Istanbul, Manila and other far-flung locales.

The 88-year-old hasn't been sightseeing. Eight years after his forced resignation from AIG—which he turned from an obscure property-casualty player into a global financial powerhouse—Mr. Greenberg is staging an improbable comeback....